Folded blank container for cigarettes and the like



Feb., E3, 1951 L l LANE 2,541,258

EOLDED BL'AN'K CONTAINER FOR CIGARETTES AND THE LIKE N in?.

ATTORNEY5- Patented Feb. 13, 1951 UNITED STATES FOLDED BLANK CONTAINER FR, CIGARETTES AND THE LiKE Louis I. Lane, Miami Beach, Fla. Application September 2, 1948, Serial No. 47,480

3 Claims. l

This invention relates to a container for cigarettes or the like which provides two compartments or sections for the reception of the goods. The container is formed from a single sheet of suitable material which may be folded to provide two separate sections, each section having aunique way of supporting the cigarettes or the like contained therein.

It is the primary object of this invention to provide a container for cigarettes and the like that is convenient for the user to carry and use, durable, simple and inexpensive to construct and has the necessary sanitary conditions for carrying such goods as cigarettes.

A further object of this invention is to construct a container having a dual compartment for the reception of goods, such as cigarettes, cigars, candyor any other article having a shape similar to that of a cigarette, wherein the user is able to carry more than the ordinary number of such articles with him at all times and which provides a means for compactly and tightly are ranging the goods in each compartment so that the goods will remain in an upright position and be enjoined from falling out of said compartments.

It is a still further object of this invention to provide a container for cigarettes and the like which is made from one complete piece of foldable and durable material, which provides dual compartments for the reception of the goods, which provides a means for enjoining the goods from falling out of the compartment no matter in what position the container is placed and which has means to firmly secure the compartments together as a unit thereby providing a light, convenient and durable means for ,packaging such goods.

To enable others skilled in the art to more fully comprehend the underlying features of my invention, reference is made to the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specification and in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevational View of the container in its closed position.

Figure 2 is a side elevational View of the container in its closed position.

Figure 3 is a front elevational View showing the inside of the container in its open position.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken along the lines 4 4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a view showing the shape of the sheet of material used to form the instant con- Y,

throughout the several views, I represents the container in its closed position. The dual com*- partments 2 and 3 each comprise outer side portions 5 and S, a common base l and inner side portions d and 3. rThe inner side portions 3 and ii have at the top of their faces arcuately shaped edges iii and li to provide convenience in removing the cigarettes or cigars or the like I2 from the container when the container is in its open position. The entire container is formed trom a single sheet or suitable material, as shown in Figure 5 and this material may be cardboard or any other stii material which iscustomarly used for the purpose of packaginggoods.

Referring particularly to Figures l, 2, 3 and 4, it will be noted that the outer side 'portion 5 is provided with a nap i3 and that the outer face 6 is provided with a slit ifi as shown in Figure l. The yinner side portion 8 is provided with a cutaway portion which corresponds in size tothe overlapping flap I3. Therefore, it can be seen that the i'lap t3 is adapted, lby means of inserting this iiap in the slit lli, to secure the compartments 2 and 3 together, thereby maintaining the container in a closed position. Each compartment is provided with a top portion IS and it should be noted that the iap i3 is formed from the cut-away portion of the inner side portion 8 and the top portion i6.

Each of the inner side members 8 and t are provided with slits ii' which are adapted to receive the extensions i8 of the outer side portions 5 and ii. By particularly referring to Figures 3, 4 and 5, it can be seen that the extensions I8 are provided with V-shaped cutaway portions i9 and overlapping flaps 25D. By folding the ilaps 2@ a support is formed for the cigarettes I2 as shown more clearly in Figures 3 and 4. It can be seen by particularly referring to Figures 3 and'5 that the extensions i8 have one part 2l which provides end portions or walls for each compartment 2 and i? and another part 22 which is inserted in the slits Il with the fiaps 20 being folded inwardly substantially adjacent to and parallel with said common base. The parts 22 which include the folded flaps 2t are adapted to be received in the slits il of the inner side portions 3 and Si and are interlocked therein by means of the cut-away portions I9. /The parts 22 as shown in Figure 3 come together in abutting relationship at 2li and are held in that position by means of the interlocking engagement of the cut-away portions I9 and the slit I'I. The overlapping naps 2t provide a substantially continuous support, extending substantially the length of each section, for the cigarettes I2 as shown in Figures 3 and 4.

By referring to Figure 5 of the drawing, it can be seen that parts 8 and 9, I6, 5 and and I are Y hingedly connected along parallel side fold lines, A,

that extensions i8 are hingedly connected along their fold lines to parts 5 and 6, that parts 2l and 22 of each extension are hingedly connected together and that the flaps are hingedly connected along side fold lines to parts 22 of the extensions.

In View of the above detailed description, it can be seen that by properly folding the sheet of material shown in Figure 5 and by inserting part of the extensions I8 in the slits I7 of the side portions 3 and 9, a container is formed vwhich is durable, provides a support for the goods contained in each oi the two compartments, is simple and inexpensive to construct and is convenient for many uses.

While I have shown and described my invention with some degree of particularity, it is to be realized that other modifications and changes may be resorted to under certain conditions. Therefore, I do not feel that it is necessary to limit myself to the precise construction set forth but consider it permissible to make slight changes and alterations which fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having shown and described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: f

1. A container for cigarettes and the like formed from a single sheet of material, said sheet being folded to provide two sections for the reception of cigarettes, said sections having a common base, each of said sections having a top portion, and inner and o uter side portions, slits in said inner side portions, said outer side portions each having a pair of extensions, each extension having two parts, one part of each extension forming an end portion of its respective section and the other part of each extension having a foldable flap, said latter part of each extension being inserted through one 0f said slits in said inner side portions with said flap being folded inwardly substantially adjacent to and parallel with said common base, said flaps of each pair of extensions forming a substantially continuous tension means extending substantially the length of each section for supporting the cigarettes in an upright position.

2. A container for cigarettes and the like formed from a single sheet of brous material, said sheet being folded to provide two sections for the reception oi cigarettes, said sections having a common base, each of said sections having a top portion, and inner and outer side portions, slits in said inner side portions, said outer side portions eachv having a pair of extensions, each extension having a V-shaped cut-away portion that divides the extension into. two parts, one part of each extension forming an end portion of its respective section, the other part of each extension having a foldable ap, said latter part of each extension being inserted through one of said slits in said inner side portions with said nap being folded inwardly substantially adjacent to and parallel with said common base, means including said V-shaped cut-away portion for holding the end of said latter part of one extension of each side portion in vabutting relationship with the end of the latter part of its other extension, said flaps of each pair of extensions forming a substantially continuous tension means extending substantially the length of each section for supporting the cigarettes in an upright position, and means including an additional flap overlapping said top portions for securing said sections together.

3. A blank for a container having two sections for the reception of cigarettes comprising a common base member, an outer side member for each section hingedly connected to said base member along parallel side fold lines, a top member for each section hingedly connected along parallel side fold lines to the outer side members, an inner side member for each section hingedly connected to each of said top members along side fold lines, said inner members having slits therein, an extension hingedly connected to each end of said inner members along parallel end fold lines, each extension having a cut-away portion that divides the extension in two parts that are hingedly connected to each other, one part of each extension being adapted to form an end portion of its respective section, the other part of each extension having hingedly connected thereto along a side fold line a foldable ap, said other part of each extension being insertable through one of the slits in said inner side members with said ap being adapted to be folded inwardly substantially adjacent and parallel with said common base, said cut-away portion being adapted to hold the end of the part of one extension in abutting relationship with the end of the other part of another extension when the extensions of each outer side member are inserted in said slits, said flaps of each pair of eX- tensions forming when folded a substantially continuous tension means extending substantially the length of each section for supporting the cigarettes in an upright position.

LOUIS I. LANE.

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